Poker Players Database

Vanessa Rousso
Clonie Gowen
Paul Wasicka
Gavin Smith
Erica Schoenberg
Sandra Naujoks
Vanessa Selbst
John Juanda
Phil Ivey
Max Pescatori
Huck Seed
Annette Obrestad
Viktor Blom
Aaron Bartley
Allen Cunningham
John Cernuto
Carlos Mortensen

Poker Players

Poker Players become well known for many reasons. Maybe they have won a major tournament, appeared on televised poker shows, are authors of well read poker books, are legends of poker that have told us many a tale of times gone by or just a darn good player that has earned the respect of their peers in the poker community.

We have researched and interviewed popular players and collated data on their poker career. The result being our Poker Players Database containing detailed written profiles of the poker player and their life stories together with the stats behind their poker career

Find out where your favourite player ranks in one of our top lists, from the Top Earning Players to WSOP Bracelet Winners. Alternatively just search through our A-Z listing of all Player Profiles to discover things you never knew about the players we see at the poker tables.

Player Profiles

Ireland Andy Black – The Monk – Mixing Poker and Buddhism
Andy Black is known in poker circles as “The Monk”. After 5 years away from Poker living monastic life as a Buddhist devotee he returned to great success. [more...]

USA Erick Lindgren – Debt, Gambling & Rehab
Erick Lindgren was one of the early "poker boom" TV celebrities, but his relationship with gambling is one that has lead him to massive debt and rehab. [more...]

USA Mike Matusow – Drugs, Jail and the WSOP Main Event Final Table
Mike Matusow is the ‘bad boy’ of poker and the poker world loves him for it. Having served time in Jail for drug offences he turned his life around and made the final table of the WSOP Main Event in 2005 [more...]

France David Benyamine – Competitive Drive to be Successful
David Benyamine was born in France and spent time as a professional Tennis Player and Top 10 National Billiards player before turning his skills to Poker. [more...]

USA Paul Wasicka – Recovering from being one card away from World Champion
It was a devastating blow that was hard to take for Paul Wasicka, despite becoming a wealthy man after losing heads up at the 2006 WSOP Main Event [more...]

USA Jeff Madsen – Exploded into Poker Winning $1.4m at his First WSOP
Jeff Madsen borrowed money from his college fund and his Parents to go to the 2006 World Series of Poker. He came away with 2 Bracelets and $1.4million [more...]